Lit-zine
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Josh Medsker
Nightgaunts
Horrors in the Museum
Crescent Wrenches
BIO
Josh Medsker's work has appeared in many publications, including: GuardianWitness (UK), The Review Review, Red Savina Review, Haiku Journal, and Star*Line Magazine. For more info on Medsker and his work, please visit: joshmedsker.wordpress.com
ABOUT THE POEMS
"Nightgaunts" and "Horrors in the Museum" are both part of a book-length work called CACOPHONY. The book-in-progress is a tribute to the album of the same name, by legendary British punk band, Rudimentary Peni. Like the original album, these poems are inspired by the life and works of H.P. Lovecraft. I believe I have stayed true to R.P.'s original vision, while adding my own personal style as well.
The accompanying art is from my friend, Seattle-based artist Aaron Morgan.
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Crakcrakcrakcrak eeeeeeeeeee chachachachacha shwashwashwashwa crakcrakcrakcra...
The chattering begins again,
at the same time every night
breaking into my sleep, cacophonous
and then, I hear whispers, my name
"squeeze out the light"
"blackness without end"
"useless, do not resist".
shadows forming in corners
my guts twist... again.
II.
I know that the night-gaunts conceal
themselves from their sleeping enemies.
I see his silhouette and writhing tail,
ready to tickle me into submission
(chthonic caesura)
and drag me away to the Dreamlands.
I'm following my master's call, funny
feel funny inside,
following my monstrous skull
to that place beyond and down
to that place beneath the hill
I'm following my master's call, funny
feel funny inside,
following my monstrous skull
down the ancient pathways, eyes
follow me, they see what's beyond
the frame.
I'm following my master's call, funny
feel funny inside,
following my monstrous skull
into their open mouths I disappear
into their bodies I climb, and we fly
on leathery wings.